Surgical bandage



Dec. 23, 1930. M. c. EDMUNDSON SURGICAL BANDAGE Filed March 22, 1928INVENTOR. JELU'OHJG Gflmuadsom A TTORNE Y.

' ,15 at the time of use.

Patented DecQZ Fi, 1939 issionnc. nmaunnsou, 01 SAN. PEDRO, CA IFORNIAsuneioan BANDAGE Application filed March 22, 1928. SeriaINo. 263,842. 7

This invention relates to surgical bandages, and particularly to a novelconstruction of individual bandage, and to astrip arrange ment ofindividual bandages adapting any number of such bandages to be put up inroll form for convenient'separation' and use as occasion requires] Inthe bandaging or dressing of sores and wounds it"is customaryjto employa band or -1 dressing of antiseptic gauze which is secured V'inp'osition by stripsof surgical tape or plaster. The gauze and plasterare usually put up in roll form and amounts sufiicient for a particulardressing are cut off from the rolls This often involves a waste ofmaterial and is a time consuming operation because of the necessityof'partially unbinding the rolls, cutting off the desired'portionsthereof, trimming such pertions, separately applying the gauze and tapetoform the dressing, and rewinding the rolls. Besides,in the frequentoperations of windingand unwinding the rolls, unused portions of the'gauze and tape are exposed to the atmosphere and are liable to becomesoiled and contaminated, with obvious disadvantages. The object of'myinvention is to provide simple, reliable and efficient means foroverconiing'these objections, and my invention consists in the provisionof an independent bandage of any size suitable for. use and whichcomprises'asectimi of gauze fabric withwhich are combined the adhesivestrips for holding the same applied, or of a series of such gauzesections united by adhesive strips so as'to form a multiplebandage instrip I form andcapable of being subdivided into separate bandages foruse as required, which i multiple bandage may be wound into the form ofan ordinary roll so as to be packaged in the usual manner. With thisconstruction a bandage of the size required may be quickly selected and.applied with a saving of time and labor over-the customary practice andwithout waste or liability of exposing unused material to the danger ofcontamination.

, In the accompanying drawing,-

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a multiple bandage roll stripembodying my invention."

Figure 2 is a view of the strip as wound in roll form. t Figure 3 is anobverse plan View of an individual bandage as separated from the rollstrip for use. i r i Figure 4 is a similar view of a modified form ofbandage. V

In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a multiple bandage instrip form, and which comprises any desired and suitable number ofindividual bandages separable from the strip for use as occasionrequires. The multiple bandage, inthe form disclosed, consists of'aseries of bandage sections 1, preferably made of gauze fabric, andarranged with their adjacent edges in spaced relation to each other,said bandage sections being held connected and in spaced relation byparallel longitudinal carrier strips 2. Each of these carrier strips ismade of ad hesive or surgical tape, which is provided, as usual, with anadhesive face 3 and a nonadhesive face 8. p

The fabric sections 1 may be of rectangular, oblong rectangular or othersuitable form and each of a size to provide a prescribed size ofdressing. The outer faces of these fabric strips are secured to theadhesive faces 8 of the carrier strips 2 along their longitudinal edgesand extend over approximately one-half the distance of the width of thestrips2 so as to leave portions a of the faces 3 projecting laterallybeyond the longitudinal side edges of the sections 1. Theseprojecting'portions 4 of the strips 2 are thus adapted to'be used tosecure the bandage section alongits longitudinal edges in place upon theperson of the patient. The fabric sections 1 are or maybe spaced withtheir end edges the same distance apart throughout the length of themultiple bandage, and theportions of the strips 2 which extend acrossthegaps between the end edges of the fabric sections are adapted to besevered along the dotted lines 5 in the successive 9,5 separation of theindividual bandages from each other. 'lVhen an individual bandage isseparated from the multiple strip a type of individual bandage such asshown in Figure 3 is produced, which bandage comprises a 1 0 at itsendsto the person of the patient. Such fabric bandage section lfalong' thelongitudinal edges of which extend securing strips having adhesive facespartially secured to the longitudinal edges of the bandage section andpartially projecting therefrom to providethe securing portions l. Thesestrips 2' have end portions in the form of tabs with adhesive facesforsecuring the bandage a bandage when applied will be firmly and securelyheld in position to cover-and protect a wound, sore, scald or burn,while, at the same time, its end'portions betweenthe prosections ofdifferent sizes within any given range, and such a bandage may be woundin roll form, as shown in F igure 2, for conveniencein packing andtransportation and the putting up of the device in a desirable form foruse, so that the individual bandages may be successively unwound andseparated for use, makingit unnecessary to expose more than this oneparticular bandage during; such operation. By this means a bandage ofsuit ablesize for any, purpose may, within avery short period of timeb'eremoved from a protective container and applied for'use, with outexposing any of the remaining bandage sections to exposure-andpossibility of-contamination; Instead, h0wever,.of making the bandagesin multiple strip form, as shown in Figure 1, for winding into rollform,

as shown in Figure 2,'indi-vidual bandages,

of the type disclosedin Figure 3, ready prep ared for use, may beemployed and sold in scription. As heretofore explained, in makingordinary bandages it is customary to unwind the gauze fabric andadhesive tape from protective envelopes, any suitable number of whichmay be placed in a package for dispensation, so that in this case also abandage of the-exact size required maybe removed and applied in a veryshort space of time and without the necessity of exposing otherbandages. y

In Figure 4 I have showna slightly modified form of bandage which may beused and 50 found desirable under some conditions, where it is desiredto add to the securityof attach- Y thereof to form the bandage and thenapply 7 This frequently these to forno the bandage; results 1n the wasteof materiaLasfit is not always possible to remove just the exact amountsof material needed. It also results I very often in the exposure ofportions of the material unusedat the time, with theresult that theseare soiled or become contaminated by exposureto theatmosphere or byother causes. My invention obviates all of these objections, enables abandage of the exact size required, and without waste, tobe selected foruse and appliedwithout loss of time and without danger of undesirablyexposingf bandage material not used; It also provides a means wherebybandages of all sizes may be" furnished at a comparatively low cost, Ysinceiit is evident that the bandages may be 7 manufacturedina completemanner by machinemethods; It will be observed that the arrangement ofthe strips 2 or 2and' 7 is such that the adhesive faces of thesestrips'when woundin roll form, will be held spaced by the fabricsections *1, so thatsuch faces ofthe i strips can not possibly becomestuck together.

Having thus'fully described my invention,

ric sections and having their adhesive surfaces secured to the saidsideedgesof the fabric sections between the 'longitudinalcenters andinner sideedges of said strips, whereby the portions of tape'exteiidingacross the gaps may be transversely severed'to separate the gauzesections from each other.

2. A multiple bandage'in strip form com.-

prising a plurality of gauze fabric sections arranged with theiradjacent edges in spaced relationship, and attaching strips uniting thesections in strip form and adapted to be severed between the fabricsections to separate a fabric sectionfrom'the strip and to serve asmeans for attaching said fabric section to a} part of the human body towhich it is to be 1 I 1 In testimony whereof I- my signature. V ment ofthe bandage tothe person of the pa v tient. Y The construction here isthe, same as applied.

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that previouslyv described except that an ad,-

outer or rear face of the bandage section 1 ditional strip 7 is appliedtransversely to the the'attaching surfaces 4 of the strips 2.

The advantages ofmy invention Wlll "be.

readily understood from the foregoing deseparate rol1s,"to cut offsufficient portions ,7

